From the Englewood Herald (Tom Munde):
“This is a very good good agreement for both cities,” Stu Fonda, utility director, said as he presented the proposal to the Englewood City Council during the Sept. 7 study session. “The proposal changes the old agreement under which we received an average of 238 acre feet of water a year. The new agreement calls for Englewood to receive 509 acre feet of water single use water. Aurora benefits because it provides that city with water that can be reused over and over. There is no specific amount designated but I would guess the amount of reuse water they realize will exceed what they are providing us.” Fonda said the proposed intergovernmental agreement with Aurora calls for that city to annually deliver the water to Englewood by routing it to Chatfield Reservoir between July 1 and Aug. 15. Englewood then will send water down to city ditch, where it will either be stored in McLellan Reservoir or sold to Highlands Ranch…
Fonda said the additional 271 acre feet of water from Aurora is a valuable asset since water is valued at between $10,000 to $20,000 an acre foot. Using those figures, the additional water is worth between about $2.7 million and $5.4 million.
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